ENVIRO-ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT: THE PROSPECTS OF APPLYING THE INDIFFERENT CONSUMERS -PAY PRINCIPLE IN MALAYSIA

Shamsunnahar Khanam, A.K.M. Muzahidul Islam (), Megat Johari Bin MEGAT MOHD Noor () and Abu Bakar Jaafar ()
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A.K.M. Muzahidul Islam: Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone +60-111-6253-083
Megat Johari Bin MEGAT MOHD Noor: Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone +60-0197518700
Abu Bakar Jaafar: Pardana School of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +60-3-2615-4518

Regional Science Inquiry, 2015, vol. VII, issue 2, 77-86

Abstract: The continuing struggle of local authorities in addressing waste management issues would call for a close examination of the economics of waste management and the need to search for the most appropriate enviro-economic policy instrument that can be introduced in the context of a fast developing economy such as in Malaysia. A number of instruments had been put into practice by various authorities in Malaysia and in other countries, however, the effectiveness of each one of them is being questioned. Moreover, in Malaysia, there has not yet been any widely published research that has described the prospects of Indifferent Consumers Pay Principle. It is hereby proposed that a new instrument be introduced in Malaysia, which is a variation of the "Polluters-Pay" Principle, as outlined in the 9th Malaysia Plan (2006-2010), its first target ought to be the consumers, not necessarily the producers: those who participate in a recycling scheme are not required to pay a certain levy, when purchasing new goods. In return,

Keywords: Waste; Indifferent Consumers-Pay Principle; Polluters-Pay Principle; Waste to materials and energy; cleaner production; Non-profit; Non-private Organization (NP2O); Recyclables-Commodity Exchange (RCE); Malaysia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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